One of the most complete players I've ever watched.

Incredible in the field and always went flat out for any ball hit in the air with no regard for his body (witness the broken wrist).

Beautiful swing and could hit for power as well as average. Back when he was in Seattle, I always thought he was the one player who had the ability to get a triple crown of hitting.

And thank goodness, not a single sniff of him every being tainted by the steroid era.

Watching him play along side his dad was one of the coolest things ever in professional sports.

Originally Posted by The Big Stiffy

And the coolest thing ever in sports was when they hit back to back home runs.

no doubt.....I did that with my dad on out church softball team and I thought it was pretty cool. I can't imagine how that must have been for the two of them. Amazing.

I'm glad he got it. He's one of the good guys.

Originally Posted by therick

And thank goodness, not a single sniff of him every being tainted by the steroid era.

Amen to that

The thing I like about Griffey is that he loves the game and it shows. Even if you don't like the team he is playing on you find yourself cheering for him.

I wish there were more players in today's game that had his same attitude.